So Frustrating!

"One against two."

"Who do you think will win this Soul Fighting match?"

"I think Captain Bing'er will."

"I still think Xue Wu and Yu Hairou have the edge. Their teamwork is clearly better."

"Let's wait and see."

"..."

When the students of Skywater Academy heard that Shui Bing'er had returned and would fight a one-against-two Soul Fighting match on the academy's stage, they rushed over to watch.

No one needed telling twice.

They all came running.

The teachers of Skywater Academy had no intention of missing it, either.

They wanted to see what Shui Bing'er had gained from a year of training away from the academy, and whether her progress really surpassed what she could have achieved by staying.

On the Soul Fighting stage,

Shui Bing'er walked slowly to the center.

She faced Xue Wu and Yu Hairou, her expression calm as ever.

The next instant,

she slowly raised her right hand.

A wisp of white mist rose from her body, and the temperature around the stage plummeted.

The mist gradually took shape...

Behind her, it formed the phantom of a phoenix, ice-blue from head to tail.

"Screech—"

The phoenix lifted its head and cried out.

Countless ice crystals covered its outstretched wings.

At the same time,

purple, purple, yellow, yellow, black.

Five Soul Rings pulsed up and down around her body.

"Mm!"

At the sight, the head of Skywater Academy could no longer contain her delight.

From the instant Shui Bing'er released her Martial Soul, she could see just how much the girl had improved over the past year.

"Captain."

"Don't expect us to hold back!"

With low cries, Xue Wu and Yu Hairou released their Martial Souls together.

Xue Wu's Martial Soul was the Dancing Snow Ribbon. She had only broken through to Soul Ancestor a